Astelia spicata Colenso

Details

Name scientific

Astelia spicata Colenso, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 14: 335 (1881 [1882])

Preferred name

Taxonomy reference

Birch, J.L. 2015: A revision of infrageneric classification in Astelia Banks & Sol. ex R.Br. (Asteliaceae). PhytoKeys 52: 105–132.

Nomenclature

Original authors

Colenso

Authors

Colenso

Publication place

Colenso, W. 1882: A description of a few new plants from our New Zealand forests. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 14: 329–341.

Year published

1881

Year on publication

1882

Publication page

335

Nomenclatural status

illegitimate, rejected

Moore & Edgar (1970), p. 40, treat this as a rejected speciesMoore, L.B.; Edgar, E. 1970: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. II. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Monocotyledones except Gramineae. Botany Division DSIR, Wellington.

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Astelia spicata Colenso

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Astelia spicata

Typification

Type: NEW ZEALAND. North Island. In the forests about Kopua and Norsewood, Colenso. (Lectotype: K [000524878, digital image!], pistillate, designated by Skottsberg, 1934, 81). Moore (1966) regarded the type and other specimens examined to represent very small individuals of either A. hastata or A. microsperma.

Birch, J.L. 2015: A revision of infrageneric classification in Astelia Banks & Sol. ex R.Br. (Asteliaceae). PhytoKeys 52: 105–132.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Asparagales

Family

Asteliaceae

Genus

Astelia

Species

spicata

Taxonomic concepts

Name

Cited name

Reference

Preferred name

Parent name

Astelia spicata Colenso

Astelia spicata Colenso

Birch, J.L. (2015)

Astelia spicata Colenso

Astelia spicata Colenso

Moore, L.B.; Edgar, E. (1970)

Collospermum spicatum (Colenso) Skottsb.

Notes

Note type

editorial

Note text

Colenso (1883/1884), p. 340, describes a male plant lacking in his earlier description

Note reference

Colenso, W. 1884 ("1883"): A further contribution towards making known the botany of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 16: 325–363.

Note type

typification

Note text

Note reference

Birch, J.L. 2015: A revision of infrageneric classification in Astelia Banks & Sol. ex R.Br. (Asteliaceae). PhytoKeys 52: 105–132.

Metadata

Record id

f0bd0536-a089-4dd1-a752-d1395bacf64a

Record class

scientific name

Record source

Names_Plants

Date added

18 March 2004

Date last updated

6 August 2015

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